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Dulce Gonzalez
Senior Research Associate
Health Policy Center

Dulce Gonzalez is a senior research associate in the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute. She forms part of a team working on the Urban Institute’s Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey. Gonzalez conducts quantitative and qualitative research focused primarily on the social safety net, immigration, and barriers to health care access. Her work has also focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on nonelderly adults and their families. Before joining Urban, Gonzalez worked at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and at the nonprofit organization Maternal and Child Health Access. Gonzalez holds a BA in economics from California State University, Long Beach, and a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University.

Research Areas
Health and health care
Families
Immigration
Children and youth
Race and equity
Disability equity policy
Tags
Immigrant access to the safety net
From Safety Net to Solid Ground